Contrasting patterns of morphology, fluctuating asymmetry and leaf herbivory in three plant species of different successional stages of a tropical dry forest

Aguilar-Peralta, Joan Sebastian; González‐Rodríguez, Antonio; Maldonado-López, Yurixhi; Fagundes, Marcílio; Faria, Maurício Lopes de; Ávila-Cabadilla, Luis Daniel; Álvarez-Añorve, Mariana Yolotl; Cuevas‐Reyes, Pablo

doi:10.1007/s00468-020-01982-z

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“…Plants in highly stressed environments, such as the east edge, may be more susceptible to herbivore attack (García-Jain et al 2021). This occurs because plants cannot maintain their homeostasis when they are subjected to harsh conditions; in this case, their tolerance surpasses the limits of their phenotypic plasticity, incurring several changes, both physiological and morphological (Nikiforou & Manetas 2017, Aguilar-Peralta et al 2020.…”

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Effect of ants on herbivory levels ofInga laurina: the interplay between space and time in an urban area

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Alves-Silva²

2023

J. Trop. Ecol.

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Extrafloral nectary plants not only occur in natural areas but also in urban parks. These areas are prone to edge effects, and plants face different microenvironmental conditions. We investigated the spatial variation of ant–plant interactions in an urban park, and we examined if plants with ants would show lower herbivory levels and if it depended on habitat type (interior or edges). Seedlings of Inga laurina were set in 200-m long transects (which covered both the west and east edges, and the interior) in an urban park and then experimentally assigned to be either ant-present or ant-excluded plants. Leaf herbivory was investigated throughout the wet season and was influenced by the interaction effect between ants and habitat type. Ants decreased the herbivory on the west edge, but on the east edge results were the opposite. The east edge had higher temperature and sunlight exposure in comparison to the other sites and was assumed to disrupt the stability of ant–plant interactions. In the interior of the fragment, herbivory depended on ant presence/absence and on the location of plants along the transect. Our study highlights how the outcomes of ant–plant interactions are spatially conditioned and affected by different types of habitats.

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